Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of my friends, my family, my neighbors, and my fellow Americans in rural communities all across this land. I am proud to represent 29 counties in rural west Texas. I am grateful that I grew up in a small town--the town of Plainview, Texas, a little farming community. We are the sum of many things and many contributions and influences, and I am thankful for the influences of that town. I am grateful to my coaches and my teachers. I was inspired by Ms. Becky Taylor, my first government teacher at Plainview High School. I have countless people to thank, and as I walk the Halls here, and as I stand on the floor of the House and cast my vote for the people I represent, I think about all of those people who have made an investment. You see, in rural America, they take responsibility for their community. They believe in making investment in all of those young people who are working their way through the school system, who have big dreams to make a difference in the world, and I was one of them. I pray I could be a champion for rural America. I pray I will be an effective legislator and that I will be a strong voice for a people that feel often that they don't have a voice. Maybe it is because we don't have the votes, and maybe it is because we don't have as many people, but what we don't have in numbers of people, we more than make up for in our contribution to this country in the food, in the fuel, in the fiber that we produce in rural America.…”